45 results about "Sample tracking" patented technology

A method and apparatus are provided for identifying a biological sample obtained during either paternity screening, genetic screening, prenatal diagnosis, presymptomatic diagnosis, diagnosis to detect the presence of a target microorganism carrier detection analysis, forensic chemical analysis, or diagnosis of a subject to determine whether a subject is afflicted with a particular disease or disorder, or is at risk of developing a particular disorder, wherein the result obtained from the analysis is associated with the unique DNA fingerprint biological barcode of the genotype of the subject being analyzed. The methods and apparatus of the invention have application in the fields of diagnostic medicine, disease diagnosis in animals and plants, identification of genetically inherited diseases in humans, family relationship analysis, forensic analysis, and microbial typing.

In one embodiment of the invention, methods and systems are provided for high thoughput genotyping. The system includes an automated sample preparation system, a sample tracking system, automated array processing and system for data analysis.

A system for confirming acquisition of a fluid sample is provided. The system includes a wearable electronic device configured to be worn by a user. The device has a housing, at least one imaging sensor associated with the housing, a data transmission interface for sending data to or receiving data from an external electronic device, a microprocessor for managing the at least one imaging sensor and the data transmission interface, and a program for acquiring and processing images acquired by the at least one imaging sensor. The system further includes a sampling device for collecting a fluid sample in a sample container and at least one identification tag attached to or integrally formed with the sampling device or sample container. The at least one identification tag includes or is associated with a tracking code.

The invention provides sample tracking systems and methods. A sample tracking system can comprise a plate having a plurality of sample wells and an apparatus for illuminating each individual sample well, wherein the manner with which the sample well is illuminated can track the loading of the sample components to the sample wells.

The fast high precision plate and strip rolling AGC monitoring process includes the following steps: 1. inputting rolling system and steel strip data, including rolling machine rigidity coeffiecient M, steel strip plasticity coefficient Q and the distance Lg between the thickness measuring instrument and the roller axis; 2. determining the proportion coefficient K=M/M+Q of the thickness controlling target; 3. setting sample tracking length Ls=Ls/n; 4. taking the eliminating rate a of the integration regulator; 5. acquiring the measured thickness values and average thickness difference in the time i with the thickness measuring instrument and computer; and 6. calculating the addition value of the roll gap and the control rate at time i based on the recursive formula of the present invention. The present invention has high response speed, and high static control precision superior to 1 %.

A method for reading information about a specific sample of a particular product or a health care service into a medical information manager system. In a preferred embodiment, information about a specific sample of a medication is used as: 1) part of product sample tracking; 2) included in the health care records for the particular patient receiving the specific sample; and to 3) partially populate a prescription for additional quantities of the particular product provided in the specific sample.

The invention provides a time-to-analog conversion circuit applied to a single photon detector. The time-to-analog conversion circuit comprises a quenching circuit, an RS trigger F, a transmission gate TG, a single-pole double-throw switch S, a sampling capacitor C and a source follower circuit; and quenching reset controls a quenching reset of an SPAD and controls transmission of an avalanche signal, the RS trigger is controlled via the avalanche signal to sample a triangular wave synchronized with an exposure signal by a tracking and holding circuit, so that a voltage value linearly relatedto the photon flight time is obtained, and the RS trigger plays a role in resetting for a sample tracking circuit. The single-pole double-throw switch provides different reference signals to the tracking and holding circuit during reset and photon flight time measurement phases. The time-to-analog conversion circuit comprises the trigger, has the advantages of simple circuit structure, the less control time sequence signals and the small occupied area, and is suitable for a large-scale pixel array; and a high filling factor can be reached. The time-to-analog conversion circuit has a high output range, so the time-to-analog conversion circuit has small time resolution and is suitable for the relatively precise measurement for photon flight time.

A process for coordinating sample requests includes receiving a sample order over a computer based network such as the Internet, vetting the sample order to determine whether or not the intensions of the sample applicant are bona fide, permitting any bona fide sample applicant to access both an automated sample order system and a technical database. Samples may be provided to the bona fide sample applicant through an automated shipping routine. After receipt and use of the sample the sample applicant may be contacted for information regarding the performance of the sample. The sample applicants information requests and sample orders are archived in libraries accessible by the sample applicant for future reference.

The invention discloses a centralized laboratory monitoring system, which comprises an upper computer, detecting equipment and monitoring equipment. The monitoring equipment comprises a communication module, a data processing module and a monitoring module, wherein the communication module communicates with all the detecting equipment in a transmission control protocol (TCP)/internet protocol (IP) mode and communicates with the upper computer; the data processing module transmits detecting tasks distributed by the upper computer to each piece of detecting equipment and uploads detecting results reported by one or more pieces of detecting equipment to the upper computer; and the monitoring module performs load monitoring, quality monitoring, sample tracking and environment monitoring on all the detecting equipment. The invention also discloses a method for realizing the centralized laboratory monitoring system. The centralized laboratory monitoring system and the realization method thereof are particularly suitable for building or rebuilding laboratories in the metallurgy industry, and finally full-automatic management, configuration and monitoring from the upper computer to each piece of detecting equipment can be realized.

The invention discloses a gene detection system comprising a distributed behavior tracking component, a database unit, a file server, a search engine, a data analysis unit, a report creation unit, a report writing unit, a sample tracking management unit, a project tracking management unit, a rights management unit and an information retrieval unit; A detection method based on gene detection system, wherein the method comprises following steps: S1. inputting gene detection samples; S2. performing detection experiment; S3. performing analysis; S4. updating sample state; S5. compiling detection reports; S6. generating PDF detection reports; S7. auditing the PDF detection reports; S8. outputting qualified PDF detection reports and sending them to detection requesters. The invention integratesthe functions of gene detection, sample tracking management and data analysis, and solves the problems of cumbersome steps of prior art information transmission, low efficiency, large manpower input,low practicability and poor detection effect.

Provided is a biobank intelligent management system based on RFID, comprising a technician terminal device, an RFID electronic label reader-writer, an electronic label printer, a server and an intelligent check and analysis system which are connected to form a local area network, and also comprising a plurality of RFID electronic label biological sample registers, wherein each RFID electronic label biological sample register bears an RFID electronic label, the RFID electronic label cooperates with the RFID electronic label reader-writer, and the intelligent check and analysis system compares different RFID electronic labels. The biobank intelligent management system can effectively perform intelligent digital management, and improve biobank identification and sample tracking.

Systems and methods for tracking samples via sample tracking chains are presented. Sample tracking chains represent digital data structures instantiated according to intrinsic properties of a sample. Each link in the chain is a block of data representing an observed intrinsic state of the sample and is linked at least to a previous block representing a previous state. The sample tracking chain and blocks can be indexed for later retrieval by the intrinsic properties of the corresponding sample's state. The sample tracking chain can take the form of a blockchain possibly stored as part of a private or public distributed ledger. Disclosed sample tracking chains provide a full life cycle audit trail for sample processing.

The invention provides a method for determining waiting positions, a device and an intelligent terminal, and the method includes: carrying out sampling tracking on traffic vehicles in a preset regionto obtain the running data of all the traffic vehicles at the current sampling moment; based on the running data of each traffic vehicle at the current sampling moment, arranging the driving sequenceof the plurality of vehicles in the preset region so as to obtain a running sequence of the vehicles; acquiring the occupation state of each parking position in a stopping platform; according to the running sequence of the vehicles and the occupation state of each parking position, determining a target parking space corresponding to each traffic vehicle; and giving the target parking space corresponding to each traffic vehicle to associated terminals to allow the associated terminals to display the waiting position corresponding to each target parking space to users. According to the method, the utilization rate of the platform space can be effectively increased, the stop time of buses can be effectively shortened, and the stop efficiency of the buses is further improved.

The invention discloses a sample check device for a blood sample analysis system. The sample check device contains a rack groove, a first bar code reader, a second bar code reader, a third bar code reader, a horizontal rotation assembly for horizontally rotating a sample container, an optical sensor for detecting whether there is a bar code on the surface of the sample container, a container inclination assembly for removing a sample rack and overturning the sample container, a first camera and a second camera for shooting the sample container, a controller for controlling the horizontal rotation assembly and the container inclination assembly, and a LCD. The optical sensor is arranged in front of the horizontal rotation assembly. The container inclination assembly is adjacent to the horizontal rotation assembly. According to the invention, fast automatic scanning can be realized through a bar code scanning device, and artificial sampling can be carried out through manual operation of a portable bar code scanning device. Furthermore, with omnibearing shooting and imaging by the cameras, work efficiency of sample check is raised.

The invention discloses a new drug test method which comprises the following steps: carrying out tracking management on a test drug; sampling a test object and carrying out sample tracking management; establishing association between a sample and test data. Through placing the drug into a container with a container ID and a container lock, unified management is established among a test drug supply subsystem, a sample collection subsystem and an experiment data tracking subsystem through a new drug test information management system, a whole drug test project is monitored through a label on the drug, and purposes of realizing strict monitoring of the drug in a test process and reducing manpower cost and artificial negligence are achieved. A person whose carries out sampling is subjected to identity marking in the sample collection subsystem, the person and the label of the test drug are in single correspondence, and strictness in the drug test process is ensured further.

The invention relates to a single-layer and multi-layer micro-nano structure pattern sample tracking device and method. The device comprises an illumination module, a linear array CCD, a computer, a diaphragm, a beam splitter prism, an area array CCD, a laser, a light splitting element, an imaging lens, a reflector, a beam expander, an attenuation sheet, a 1/2 wave plate, a polarization splitting prism, a 1/4 wave plate and the like. The micro-nano structure pattern sample is placed on the displacement table, the surface of the micro-nano structure pattern sample is clearly imaged in the area array CCD through the coarse adjustment motor, the defocusing amount of the current position is obtained through laser spot diameter data collected by the linear array CCD, and the piezoelectric ceramic is controlled to automatically track in real time. The tiny change of the laser spot can be detected by using high-precision pixels in the linear array CCD, the laser spot is secondarily amplified through the objective lens and the imaging system, so that the change rate of the laser spot is increased, and the system sensitivity is high. According to the method, the out-of-focus distance is obtained by measuring the spot diameter at a high speed in real time through the linear array CCD instead of being judged through spot energy.

The present invention is a sample analyzer including: a first and a second measurement unit configured to measure a sample accommodated in a sample container; a rack transport unit configured to transport each of a plurality of sample containers held in a sample rack to either the first or the second measurement unit; and a controller configured to acquire a measurement item information indicating a measurement item of each of samples accommodated in the plurality of sample containers held in the sample rack, determine a sample container to be a transport object and a measurement unit to be a transport destination of the sample container based on the acquired plurality of measurement item information, and control the rack transport unit to transport the sample container determined as the transport object to the measurement unit determined as the transport destination.

The invention discloses a biological sample library intelligent management system based on RFID and a management method thereof. The system comprises a cloud server, terminal equipment, a portable sample box scanner and a sample checking instrument, the portable sample box scanner is used for scanning a sample box, and the sample checking instrument is used for checking sample test tubes in the sample box; and the sample checking instrument comprises a central processing unit, an antenna control module, a radio frequency identification module, a radio frequency unit and a response unit, the radio frequency unit comprises a plurality of wireless radio frequency antennas, the response unit comprises a plurality of RFID electronic tags, the RFID electronic tags are attached to the sample box, each wireless radio frequency antenna corresponds to one RFID electronic tag of the response unit, the wireless radio frequency antenna is matched with the radio frequency identification unit, and the central processing unit and the cloud server compare different RFID electronic tags. According to the invention, digital management can be effectively carried out, and identification and sample tracking of the biological sample library are completed.

The invention discloses a biomarker and a method for DNA sample tracking detection, and application of the biomarker. A specific multiple PCR primer sequence is designed according to screened 26 SNP loci, a polluted sample to be detected can be tracked and detected, and the biomarker is particularly suitable for verification of sample adding sequence confusion of samples. By adopting the method provided by the invention to track and detect the DNA sample suspected to be polluted, the period of experimental cause searching is greatly shortened, the process monitoring can be performed on the clinical sample, the NGS sequencing platform can be fully utilized, other equipment does not need to be added, and the strict requirement of the clinical sample on the detection period can be met.